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Crowds pack Ocean Beach Park for the Fourth

People fill Ocean Beach Park in New London to spend the holiday and beat the heat Thursday, July 4, 2013. The park was so busy that at times the gates to the park were closed and people had to park on neighboring streets and walk in until more spaces in the parking lot opened.

People fill Ocean Beach Park in New London to spend the holiday and beat the heat Thursday, July 4, 2013. The park was so busy that at times the gates to the park were closed and people had to park on neighboring streets and walk in until more spaces in the parking lot opened.

Pedro Matos, left, and his nephew Damian Sanchez, both of Waterbury, laugh about their sunburns while at a crowded Ocean Beach Park in New London Thursday, July 4, 2013. The park was so busy that at times the gates to the park were closed and people had to park on neighboring streets and walk in until more spaces in the parking lot opened.

Lifeguard Deion Stanford watches over a crowded Ocean Beach Park in New London Thursday, July 4, 2013. The park was so busy that at times the gates to the park were closed and people had to park on neighboring streets and walk in until more spaces in the parking lot opened.

People fill Ocean Beach Park in New London to spend the holiday and beat the heat Thursday, July 4, 2013. The park was so busy that at times the gates to the park were closed and people had to park on neighboring streets and walk in until more spaces in the parking lot opened.